Akutaq

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Akutaq
Iced Akutaq.jpg
Iced akutaq made from raspberries and blueberries
Origin
Alternative name(s) Eskimo ice cream, Native ice cream, Alaskan ice cream
Place of origin United States
Region or state Alaska
Creator(s) Eskimo of Alaskan Natives and Native Siberians
Details
Type Dessert
Main ingredient(s) fish or meat, fat, sweetener berries

Akutaq is a food in western Alaska. It is a Yup'ik word, meaning something mixed.[1] Other names include agutak (ᐊᑯᑕᖅ), Eskimo ice cream, Indian ice cream, Native ice cream or Alaskan ice cream. Traditionally it was made with whipped fat mixed with berries like cranberries, salmonberries, crowberries, cloudberries, and blueberries, fish, tundra greens, or roots with animal oil or fat. It may also include whitefish, Reindeer tallow, moose tallow, walrus tallow, caribou tallow, or seal oil. There are also akutaq thats called snow akutaq.

Recent additions include sugar, milk, and Crisco.

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